# How to tell flash to play specific amount of frames?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-tell-flash-to-play-specific-amount-of-frames/308223
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [April 19, 2010, 10:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-tell-flash-to-play-specific-amount-of-frames/308223 "2010-04-19T10:59:48Z")
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### Author: ![kenchan7727](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/41988e/32.png) [@kenchan7727](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kenchan7727)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2010, 10:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-tell-flash-to-play-specific-amount-of-frames/308223/1 "2010-04-19T10:59:48Z")

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Does anyone know how to tell flash to play specific amount of frames instead of dragging playhead to the last frame and play from the beginning.

For example, I would like the movie clip to play a total 10,000 frames and 30 fps without making the last stop at frame #10,000. All I need is only 2 frame; one for beginning and two for ending. Anything happens between these 2 frames must be processed by actionscript.

What I’m trying to make here is a very long image marquee because I have like thousands of images to show on it. I also would like to control both amount of frames and speed as well. Any ideas?

Thank you in advanced.